French sport grade
What grade is 9b?
9b ≈ 5.15b YDS
Expert9b is about 5.15b in YDS.
It’s grade 33 of 35 here, which run from 4a to 9c. It’s at the very top of the scale: only a small number of the world’s strongest climbers have climbed it.
Grades around 9b
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 8c+ | 5.14c |
| 9a | 5.14d |
| 9a+ | 5.15a |
| 9b | 5.15b |
| 9b+ | 5.15c |
| 9c | 5.15d |
9b in every system
- French
- 9b
- YDS
- 5.15b
- UIAA
- XI+
- Ewbank
- 37
- British
- –
- Saxon
- XIIIb
- Norwegian
- 10+
- Brazilian
- XIIb
Questions
- What is 9b in YDS?
- 9b is about 5.15b in YDS. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 9b hard?
- It’s at the very top of the scale: only a small number of the world’s strongest climbers have climbed it.
- What comes after 9b?
- The next grade up is 9b+ (5.15c in YDS). The grade below is 9a+.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.